At the launch of a series activities in the context of World Heart Day 2019, the Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Dr Anwar Husnoo, raised the alarm as regards the increasing number of patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and related diseases. Some 3,000 to 3,500 Mauritians die from health complications related to CVD, while some 1,300 heart surgeries are carried out each year compared to 600 in 2006, he indicated.
The Minister was speaking at the launching ceremony held on Saturday 28 September 2019, at Jean Lebrun Government School, in Port-Louis. Screening exercises, talks, counselling, sensitisation programmes and exhibitions focusing on the causes and preventive measures of cardiovascular diseases were held on the same day.
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